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TOPIC | Decoding the Mysterious Messages
UPDATE: We have now found all 77 message scraps! Thank you everyone who helped contribute. We have now solved all of the ciphers! Hooray to everyone who helped contribute! There is now a thread just for discussing theories, maintained by @HirotoKiyama, about these messages [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=frd&id=1131733&page=1]here[/url]. IMPORTANT NOTE: Undel has explicitly stated that finding the pieces with item IDs rather than in-game is not allowed. Posts that have listed this kind of information have been deleted. Hello all, If you’ve been hanging around the [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=frd&id=1077409&page=1]new item discover thread[/url], a bunch of people have found paper scraps with what seem to be parts of coded messages of them. They seem to be random letters, and arranged in groups of seven. What this thread is for is to try to organize and possibly decode the messages, if there are any! ----- [item=incomprehensible scribblings] [item=Confusing Scriptscratches] [item=indecipherable textscroll] [item=illegible paragraph] [item=scrawled muddy parchment] [item=strange runic letter] [item=Ambiguous Document] CPHX RLP/OI V/LLROL SOPMQ/H BQ/JUK, B/LHS NPOOY/QOB MANY PEARL KEEPER DRAGON SOUTH, SEND WARRIORS ----- [item=strange-smelling vellum] [item=unfathomable runic text] [item=ambiguous scriptscratches] [item=Cryptic Fungal Textscroll] [item=incomprehensible record] [item=Unintelligible Chronicle] [item=dry confusing note] IVASD UASUVASP MQ ROQKC LASJYBVMSAKVDVOJ, VDZ IQISDM MAREN PREPARED TO BLOCK FRESHWATER CANALS, ANY MOMENT ----- [item=Unintelligible Papyrus Scroll] [item=confusing parchment scrap] [item=ominous-looking letter] [item=illegible correspondence] [Item=Trampled Narrative] [item=Fading Crumpled Scribbles] [item=Inscrutable Paper Dispatch] LWJOAWNVNJSBF AJOYAWND FWJNMD, GWWQ KJOYA FEATHER DRAGON HATCHERY NEARBY, KEEP WATCH ----- [item=confusing folded document] [item=dark trampled note] [item=Small Indecipherable Text] [item=mystifying paper chronicle] [item=tattered paragraph] [item=totally ambiguous article] [item=puzzling runic textscroll] UNIAF SRNGRI XNEF TEBQIF, PNZRE PK VNOR ERVP HARPY LEADER MANY INJURY, TAKEN TO SAFE NEST ----- [item=enigmatic scribblings] [item=Indecipherable Notation] [item=Confusing Tattered Narrative] [item=crumpled scriptscratches] [item=Obscure Runic Vellum] [item=Perplexing Correspondence] [item=moldy fading parchment] WBMWQ H/WXQ/RC QRYXF M/Z JC/FWQ, TF/ QFWOL XR /WOBWIJF AVIAR PATROL ROUTE IS CLEAR, BE READY TO ADVANCE ----- [item=Mysterious Faded Text] [item=unintelligible parchment scrap] [item=scrawled paper textscroll] [item=perplexing scriptscratches] [item=dry crumbling document] [item=baffling moldy vellum] [item=Faint Runic Narrative] VFADWTJD EU/TDN E/PTNZHTBTS, OJ/EWF/IS X/FI UFDCD/ZEL MOUNTAIN CLANS CHASED AWAY, VICTORY FOR LONGNECK ----- [item=Crumpled Parchment Tatters] [item=illegible moldy narrative] [item=baffling parchment paper] [item=weirdly-written textscroll] [item=hastily-written glyphs] [item=tarnished correspondence] [item=disintegrating runescroll] HMNFA NX/HFJ/MP PMJHNC D/UMT G/JMH/U, PJCHUM/NFV GROUP OF GUARD DRAGON VERY LARGE, DANGEROUS ----- [item=hastily-written chronicle] [item=Disintegrating Runescrap] [item=harrowing vellum missive] [item=Tiny Runic Missive] [item=Crushed Parchment Tatters] [item=Baffling Scrap of Paper] [item=Illegible Torn Letter] GCYTFQ/ VO YW/IAU, UYNFG/Z VO Q/YCXF/OLSEFCU Y/GGYIA YU JOF TRAVEL IN PACKS, SAFETY IN LARGE NUMBERS, ATTACK AS ONE ----- [item=Ominous Primitive Scripture] [item=incomprehensible paragraph] [item=Fading Tattered Brief] [item=foreign runic scribbles] [item=cryptic molding runescrap] [item=Destroyed Papyrus Scroll] [item=Wasted Puzzling Missive] QDFNG FYY/Q BCF/Z ZFQDVZBN/ DRCF/S, DINM/FG DKQNUF/DA LVERXCA STEAL EGGS WHEN NEST UNWATCHED, TRAVEL TO SAFETY QUICKLY ----- [Item=Scrawling Primitive Declaration] [item=intercepted runic narrative] [item=Incognizable Paper Statement] [item=weirdly-scrawled missive] [item=fading torn-up report] [item=foreign papyrus message] [item=enigmatic article scrap] XIVVC JSX/NMZ/NRC CNKV, KS/TI-VR/V YINF/SJ GISZ/MLJF TREES NOT ALWAYS SAFE, FOUR-EYE DRAGON PROWLING ----- [item=Ripped-Up Papyrus Message] [item=Quickly-Written Warning] [item=Damp Ominous Textscrap] [item=illegible glyphscroll] [item=unfathomable ripped note] [item=destroyed paper narrative] [item=Tarnished Runic Scripture] NXLZE /CN HUIK/CN PYQ/HIXZX, AZ/ACII AUCZ, UK/ W AX A/CII ACK SERTHIS PLAN IS COMPLETE, WE WILL WAIT AND WE WILL WIN ----- The decoded messages, please let me know if I've made an error, including who cracked the code: Gray set: "TRAVEL IN PACKS, SAFETY IN LARGE NUMBERS, ATTACK AS" @Slathers SERTHIS PLAN IS COMPLETE, WE WILL WAIT AND WE WILL WIN@Seafoam Blue-ish: (F)EATHER DRAGON HATCHERY NEARBY, KEEP WATCH @Slathers Yellow: MANY PEARL KEEPER DRAGON SOUTH, SEND WARRIORS @sunreon HARPY LEADER MANY INJURY, TAKEN TO SAFE NEST. @Slathers Reddish: MAREN PREPARED TO BLOCK FRESHWATER CANALS, ANY MOMENT @Slathers "Aviar patrol route is clear, be ready to advance." @seafoam MOUNTAIN CLANS CHASED AWAY, VICTORY FOR LONGNECK @seafoam GROUP OF/ GUARD DRAGON VERY L/ARG/E, DANGER/OUS @Maki TREES NOT ALWAYS SAFE, FOUR-EYE DRAGON PROWLING @nika STEAL EGGS WHEN NEST UNWATCHED, TRAVEL TO SAFETY QUICKLY @Duh, corrections @Azophel ----- I won't claim to be an expert on either decoding or making forum threads, so let me know if there's anything I should change, update, or delete. Always feel free to add anything you feel is relevant! And remember: Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!
UPDATE: We have now found all 77 message scraps! Thank you everyone who helped contribute.

We have now solved all of the ciphers! Hooray to everyone who helped contribute!

There is now a thread just for discussing theories, maintained by @HirotoKiyama, about these messages here.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Undel has explicitly stated that finding the pieces with item IDs rather than in-game is not allowed. Posts that have listed this kind of information have been deleted.

Hello all,

If you’ve been hanging around the new item discover thread, a bunch of people have found paper scraps with what seem to be parts of coded messages of them. They seem to be random letters, and arranged in groups of seven. What this thread is for is to try to organize and possibly decode the messages, if there are any!

Incomprehensible Scribblings Confusing Scriptscratches Indecipherable Textscroll Illegible Paragraph Scrawled Muddy Parchment Strange Runic Letter Ambiguous Document

CPHX RLP/OI V/LLROL SOPMQ/H BQ/JUK, B/LHS NPOOY/QOB
MANY PEARL KEEPER DRAGON SOUTH, SEND WARRIORS

Strange-smelling Vellum Unfathomable Runic Text Ambiguous Scriptscratches Cryptic Fungal Textscroll Incomprehensible Record Unintelligible Chronicle Dry Confusing Note

IVASD UASUVASP MQ ROQKC LASJYBVMSAKVDVOJ, VDZ IQISDM
MAREN PREPARED TO BLOCK FRESHWATER CANALS, ANY MOMENT


Unintelligible Papyrus Scroll Confusing Parchment Scrap Ominous-Looking Letter Illegible Correspondence Trampled Narrative Fading Crumpled Scribbles Inscrutable Paper Dispatch

LWJOAWNVNJSBF AJOYAWND FWJNMD, GWWQ KJOYA
FEATHER DRAGON HATCHERY NEARBY, KEEP WATCH


Confusing Folded Document Dark Trampled Note Small Indecipherable Text Mystifying Paper Chronicle Tattered Paragraph Totally Ambiguous Article Puzzling Runic Textscroll

UNIAF SRNGRI XNEF TEBQIF, PNZRE PK VNOR ERVP
HARPY LEADER MANY INJURY, TAKEN TO SAFE NEST


Enigmatic Scribblings Indecipherable Notation Confusing Tattered Narrative Crumpled Scriptscratches Obscure Runic Vellum Perplexing Correspondence Moldy Fading Parchment

WBMWQ H/WXQ/RC QRYXF M/Z JC/FWQ, TF/ QFWOL XR /WOBWIJF
AVIAR PATROL ROUTE IS CLEAR, BE READY TO ADVANCE


Mysterious Faded Text Unintelligible Parchment Scrap Scrawled Paper Textscroll Perplexing Scriptscratches Dry Crumbling Document Baffling Moldy Vellum Faint Runic Narrative

VFADWTJD EU/TDN E/PTNZHTBTS, OJ/EWF/IS X/FI UFDCD/ZEL
MOUNTAIN CLANS CHASED AWAY, VICTORY FOR LONGNECK


Crumpled Parchment Tatters Illegible Moldy Narrative Baffling Parchment Paper Weirdly-Written Textscroll Hastily-Written Glyphs Tarnished Correspondence Disintegrating Runescroll

HMNFA NX/HFJ/MP PMJHNC D/UMT G/JMH/U, PJCHUM/NFV
GROUP OF GUARD DRAGON VERY LARGE, DANGEROUS


Hastily-Written Chronicle Disintegrating Runescrap Harrowing Vellum Missive Tiny Runic Missive Crushed Parchment Tatters Baffling Scrap of Paper Illegible Torn Letter

GCYTFQ/ VO YW/IAU, UYNFG/Z VO Q/YCXF/OLSEFCU Y/GGYIA YU JOF
TRAVEL IN PACKS, SAFETY IN LARGE NUMBERS, ATTACK AS ONE


Ominous Primitive Scripture Incomprehensible Paragraph Fading Tattered Brief Foreign Runic Scribbles Cryptic Molding Runescrap Destroyed Papyrus Scroll Wasted Puzzling Missive

QDFNG FYY/Q BCF/Z ZFQDVZBN/ DRCF/S, DINM/FG DKQNUF/DA LVERXCA
STEAL EGGS WHEN NEST UNWATCHED, TRAVEL TO SAFETY QUICKLY


Scrawling Primitive Declaration Intercepted Runic Narrative Incognizable Paper Statement Weirdly-Scrawled Missive Fading Torn-Up Report Foreign Papyrus Message Enigmatic Article Scrap

XIVVC JSX/NMZ/NRC CNKV, KS/TI-VR/V YINF/SJ GISZ/MLJF
TREES NOT ALWAYS SAFE, FOUR-EYE DRAGON PROWLING


Ripped-Up Papyrus Message Quickly-Written Warning Damp Ominous Textscrap Illegible Glyphscroll Unfathomable Ripped Note Destroyed Paper Narrative Tarnished Runic Scripture

NXLZE /CN HUIK/CN PYQ/HIXZX, AZ/ACII AUCZ, UK/ W AX A/CII ACK
SERTHIS PLAN IS COMPLETE, WE WILL WAIT AND WE WILL WIN


The decoded messages, please let me know if I've made an error, including who cracked the code:

Gray set: "TRAVEL IN PACKS, SAFETY IN LARGE NUMBERS, ATTACK AS" @Slathers

SERTHIS PLAN IS COMPLETE, WE WILL WAIT AND WE WILL WIN@Seafoam

Blue-ish: (F)EATHER DRAGON HATCHERY NEARBY, KEEP WATCH @Slathers

Yellow: MANY PEARL KEEPER DRAGON SOUTH, SEND WARRIORS @sunreon

HARPY LEADER MANY INJURY, TAKEN TO SAFE NEST. @Slathers

Reddish: MAREN PREPARED TO BLOCK FRESHWATER CANALS, ANY MOMENT @Slathers

"Aviar patrol route is clear, be ready to advance." @seafoam

MOUNTAIN CLANS CHASED AWAY, VICTORY FOR LONGNECK @seafoam

GROUP OF/ GUARD DRAGON VERY L/ARG/E, DANGER/OUS @Maki

TREES NOT ALWAYS SAFE, FOUR-EYE DRAGON PROWLING @nika

STEAL EGGS WHEN NEST UNWATCHED, TRAVEL TO SAFETY QUICKLY @Duh, corrections @Azophel


I won't claim to be an expert on either decoding or making forum threads, so let me know if there's anything I should change, update, or delete. Always feel free to add anything you feel is relevant!

And remember: Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!
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I thought they were slices of pizza at first. It would be a much cooler way to write down a treasure map, at the very least.

Edit:

I bet the admins had fun looking for synonyms to 'confusing' and 'note', too.
I thought they were slices of pizza at first. It would be a much cooler way to write down a treasure map, at the very least.

Edit:

I bet the admins had fun looking for synonyms to 'confusing' and 'note', too.
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I'm guessing we don't have all the letters, even when you look at the descriptions of all 7 scraps. I'm thinking once you combine them you get extra symbols and such. This is very exciting, though. I can't wait to find out what they do!
I'm guessing we don't have all the letters, even when you look at the descriptions of all 7 scraps. I'm thinking once you combine them you get extra symbols and such. This is very exciting, though. I can't wait to find out what they do!
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I am tentatively thinking they're most likely to run together, so

Green:
UNIAF SRNGRI XNEF TEBQIF, PNZRE PK VNOR ERVP

Purple:
LWJOAWNVNJSBF AJOYAWND FWJNMD, GWWQ KJOYA

Red:
IVASD UASUVASP MQ ROQKC LASJYBVMSAKVDVOJ, VDZ IQISDM

Now... is it a scramble or a code...
I am tentatively thinking they're most likely to run together, so

Green:
UNIAF SRNGRI XNEF TEBQIF, PNZRE PK VNOR ERVP

Purple:
LWJOAWNVNJSBF AJOYAWND FWJNMD, GWWQ KJOYA

Red:
IVASD UASUVASP MQ ROQKC LASJYBVMSAKVDVOJ, VDZ IQISDM

Now... is it a scramble or a code...
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I'M CALLING DECEMBER EVENT

TOTES
I'M CALLING DECEMBER EVENT

TOTES
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Oh what a puzzle! I'm going to have fun trying to figure out what in the world is behind this mystery code
Oh what a puzzle! I'm going to have fun trying to figure out what in the world is behind this mystery code
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@Aggron
why would they add something for a december event now though? i mean, december is really far away
@Aggron
why would they add something for a december event now though? i mean, december is really far away
COOL, thank you @Solar! Do you have more of them?? Three sets doesn't look like enough to decode... Nvm, ninja'd XD

I'm thinking BlueTrillium is right, yeah. Originally I thought there should be spaces between the notes, but that can't be true if it's any kind of straightforward English-based code, since that would give us three separate one-letter words from the third set. So yeah, no spaces between notes.

Another issue - do all the sets even use the same code? I'm not sure we can say they do, until we see repeating words between them...
COOL, thank you @Solar! Do you have more of them?? Three sets doesn't look like enough to decode... Nvm, ninja'd XD

I'm thinking BlueTrillium is right, yeah. Originally I thought there should be spaces between the notes, but that can't be true if it's any kind of straightforward English-based code, since that would give us three separate one-letter words from the third set. So yeah, no spaces between notes.

Another issue - do all the sets even use the same code? I'm not sure we can say they do, until we see repeating words between them...
Maybe we can use them to make scrolls of some kind?
Maybe we can use them to make scrolls of some kind?
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You know, if those are cipher puzzles and they all use the same cipher, I think there's enough text now to just brute force the whole thing with some letter frequency analysis.
You know, if those are cipher puzzles and they all use the same cipher, I think there's enough text now to just brute force the whole thing with some letter frequency analysis.